New Manga Shout Out: 12/26/11 - 1/1/12

Happy New Year and welcome to the next New Manga Shout Out~ New year = new manga~ With the no-raws/scans rule on MH, you have to work a bit to find these mangas. This week features a yakuza foodie, a person gambling with his life and a space cadet traveling to Jupiter. Remember, if you like any of the series, favorite them. Don't forget to also thank the various people who feed your manga addiction. ^_^ Translators and Scanlators, please check out these series and see if you can spread some more manga love~

We're still looking for people who know Japanese and want to help write summaries for our manga database and for the shout out. Please PM me if you want to help out. Now onto the series~

There is an ancient government office, which was first founded by Queen Himiko, to deal with difficulties arising from supernatural forces. Even today, that agency secretly exists and deals with curses and other dark forces that threaten Japan. Kushinata Orochi is skilled in these supernatural arts, and he and his physically powerful sidekick Ayame take on cases that deal with supernatural troubles. Now, they have a very ancient and powerful force to deal with, in Kageyama City...

Recently divorced Kuji Raizo is the head of a yakuza organization and is involved with illegal businesses on a daily basis. But being single at the age of 55, he has to cook for himself and being the foodie that he is, just any kind of dish will not do. On top of that, Raizo starts attending night school with people half his age, with no idea that he is a leader of the feared yakuza. He has to keep this a secret from his much younger classmates all the while managing dangerous men capable of highly illegal activities.

The stage is the Tokyo district of Roppongi and the players are the various Yakuza gangs. One much smaller gang is audaciously trying to carve out territory for itself. That gang's boss relies heavily on his second in command, the notoriously shrewd and powerful young man with the nickname Hakuryu. With Hakuryu's guidance, their small gang of 40 members may be able to stand up to others with even 200 times their numbers. The gang geography of Roppongi is hotly contested, and it will take strength and strategy to get by in that dangerous world!

Casino junket Sho’s job is to make sure that the VIP guests, aka “whales,” like CEO’s, tech startup company millionaires, stock brokers and lawyers spend as much as they can gambling. Working in China, Sho plays everything from Texas Hold’em to Blackjack to Mahjong and does so extremely well. He plays against unsuspecting guests and makes sure the casino comes out ahead. With the help of Chan, the guy with the local connections, and Milia, the beautiful call girl, Sho tries to stay alive as he plays with the highest of stakes, his life.

Haruse Urara is a little girl who helps her papa with his curry shop. Traveling in the car that makes up his shop, they sell curry all around a small, supernaturally quirky island. Two teenage girls--the rambunctious and cheerful Subaru, and the shyer, less adventurous Yoriko-- also work with Urara and her papa. Each day, they come up with new curry flavors and get to know the strange, friendly, and occasionally magical inhabitants of their tiny island!

At the Ozu Technical High School, students ranging from first years in their teens to fifth years already in their 20’s are bred to become engineers. Togawa Sumiji is the president of the Robotics Division and is just as gifted and passionate as all the other nerds in his school. But something about Sumiji makes him stand out from everyone else. And with the robot competition drawing close, it’s time for him to shine as the president and lead his members into building the greatest robot in history.

This is a sequel to Saijou no Meii. Dr. Mogami currently has two major problems on his mind. The first is that the young, genius surgeon from the previous series, Saijou Mikoto, has fallen terribly ill. The second is his delinquent, shut-in son, Yoshiaki. He just knows that Yoshiaki has a lot of potential, but he's failed at raising him. Yoshiaki is nothing but a lazy, arrogant, spoiled brat.

After Dr. Mogami kicks him out of the house, in hopes that it will do him good, Yoshiaki crashes with his childhood friend Date Masamune. Date is also something of a punk, but, to Yoshiaki's surprise, he's decided to try to study to become a doctor. The combined efforts of Date and his father slowly nudge him back on track. After a near-tragic occurrence, Yoshiaki even begins to think that maybe he should become a doctor, too!

A young, unemployed, seemingly unmotivated young man is moving through his life. As a teenager, he and some of his friends formed a "Boyz 4 Men" club, which was based on a hatred of sex and women. As arguably the most opinionated member, his view of sexuality as an adult is far from normal. After a highly sexual encounter in a park at night, he has decided to attempt to draw perverted fetish manga. This brings him once again to the presence of a woman from the park, Sawada Kazumi. She's a manga editor and single mother with a perverted and intense personality of her own. What will happen when their worlds collide?

In a near future where humans have safely traveled to Mars, the space program is looking to go to Jupiter for the first time in history. For Subaru Yuuto, Amami Kosei, one of the elite astronauts of the crew of Jupitonia (the ship heading to Jupiter), is not only a person that he looks up to but is also a dear friend of many years. But tragedy strikes and a malfunction causes an explosion in Jupitonia and the ship goes missing in deep space, most believing the crew to be dead.

Even with the devastating loss of a friend and hero, Yuuto joins the Core Space Academy to become a super class astronaut (aka Sirius) just like Kosei once was and explore parts of the universe that has not yet been known to man. The competition is cutthroat and he has to become the best of the best if he wants to be where his hero once was. Although the fear of the unknown is immense, Yuuto must learn to overcome it and become the hero for the next generation.

Known as the hardass delinquent of her school, Sotomura is feared by everyone and has a nasty reputation. But in truth, she is an incredibly misinterpreted girl. The mean look everyone thinks she gives is just her not knowing how to smile. The scary comments she makes is only because Sotomura isn’t good at expressing her feelings or taken way out of context. And the badass appearance she has is the result of her believing that cute girly things don’t match her. Not wanting to go on with life like this, Sotomura tries to change her image, but the more she does, the more her reputation becomes more set into stone.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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This is what tethysdust said this week:

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Kyou Curry was adorable and silly, I think anyone looking for a happy, fluffy kind of manga would like it. Hakuryu Legend would probably be interesting for those into yakuza manga. Scatter had too much graphic deviant sexuality (like, poop-related, rape, etc.) for me. If it isn't considered hentai, it's very close. Here's what vyc had to say:

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Radio Heads - Engineers creating cool gadgets and technology. Good mix of comedy and nerdiness. Really fits my taste plus the artwork is well done so it's easy to read.

Star Children - astronaut students trying to make it into the selection that explores the infinitely unknown universe. Maybe it's because of the NASA shutting down space travel thing but I was really interesting in this series. The storyline, message and artwork are all great and I can't wait to read more of it. I think everyone should read it and hope it gains popularity.My opinion: Gokudou no Shokutaku sounds a bit interesting. The idea of the leader of the yakuza going back to school while being a foodie is pretty unique. I'm sure there'll be lots of comedy there. I haven't read any pure gambling manga so Junket may be a good manga to try out (if someone scanlates it). I think I'd give Star Children a shot too if it shows what goes into training to be an astronaut.